1951.101.2: Siege of the Bastille
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.101.2
- People
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Bertrand Andrieu, French (Bordeaux, France 1763 - 1822 Paris, France)
- Title
- Siege of the Bastille
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 1789 or after
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189598
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White metal
- Dimensions
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8.6 cm diam. x 0.5 cm depth (3 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
61.86 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.l.: Andrieu F. No. 1
- inscription: obverse, around perimeter, cast?: SIEGE DE LA BASTILLE
- inscription: reverse, around perimeter, cast?: PRISE PAR LES CITOYENS DE / LA VILLE DE PARIS / LE 14 JUET 1789
- inscription: inside lid of case, graphite, handwritten: [encircled:] P--
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Mason Hammond, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1951.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mason Hammond
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.101.2
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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